At any stage of the application proceedings, the Board may request the applicant to
appear
before it or a designated Board member to answer any questions.

B. Formal Hearing

1. If the Board makes a recommendation for conditional admission or licensure, a
negative recommendation for admission to the bar or a negative decision on licensure
for any reason, it shall so notify the applicant by certified mail directed to the applicant
at the mailing address appearing on the applicant's application. The notice must
specify the grounds for the recommendation or decision by the Board.

If a negative recommendation or decision is based on the
grounds that the applicant has
failed to pass a portion of the examination or the attorney's examination, upon written
request, and payment of a reasonable copying fee, as applicable:

a. the applicant must be furnished with a copy of any essay portion of the
applicant's examination and a copy of a set of model essay examination analyses prepared
by or under the supervision of the Board; or

b. if any part or all of the exam is prepared by or under the supervision of the
National
Conference of Bar Examiners, the applicant shall be given the opportunity to
inspect that part of the examination and the appropriate grading key, point
sheet or
model analyses, prepared by or under the supervision of the National Conference of
Bar Examiners, for that part of the applicant's examination. Inspection and copying
of the examination prepared and scored by or under the supervision of the National
Conference of Bar Examiners will be as permitted by the guidelines and limitations
prescribed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners or its designee.

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Rule 12. Public Records

A. All records maintained by the Board regarding applications for admission to practice law,
all
examination materials, and all proceedings by the Board shall be confidential except as
provided by these rules. The following records shall be maintained as public records:

1. the name,and current address, marital status,
and date and place of birth of each
applicant;

2. name of high schools attended by applicant and date of
graduation;

3. pre-legal colleges attended by each applicant;

4.3. law schools attended by each applicant;

5.4. whether applicant has ever been admitted to
practice under rule for Limited Practice of
Law by Law Students (Senior Practice Rule);

6.5. names and addresses of persons who have passed
the examination and have met all the
requirements for admission to practice; and

7.6. whether an applicant has been admitted with
conditions; and

8.7. statistical summaries as may be authorized by the
Supreme Court.

B. Upon written request information may be exchanged with an authorized lawyer discipline
agency and released to bar admission authorities in jurisdictions where an application for
admission is pending.

C. Application information may be released to agenciesagents
authorized by the Board to
investigate moral character.

D. If the Board makes a negative recommendation for admission to practice based upon lack
of
good moral character, the applicant is entitled to disclosure of records pertaining to the
applicant's moral character.

E. Upon an applicant's request for Supreme Court review of a negative recommendation for
admission or licensure, the records pertaining to an applicant shall be public records.